The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is providing $1 million in funding to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to help control, prevent, and monitor harmful aquatic invasive species in the lake.

This is the second such agreement of federal investment for AIS in the Lake Tahoe Basin that the Corps has executed. The first agreement in 2008 with the California Tahoe Conservancy helped establish the boat inspection program.

The new agreement will provide funding for prevention,  control and monitor existing populations, education, outreach, and research.

TRPA said funding will help with challenges in the Tahoe Keys, Ski Run Marina and at Sand Harbor State Park.